While everyone loves to dive into water on the beaches and waterfall, swimming pools have being a cherishing and relaxing point for people to get free from all their daily tasks and office routines. From the deepest swimming pools to the ones situated at the highest altitudes, today we uncover some of the most insane and thrilling swimming pools in the world that you should & must try while you’re on your vacations.
10. Sky Pool
Sky Pool is one of the most amazing and thrilling pool in the Market Square Tower in Houston. Built with transparent glass bottom and located at a height of 500 feet, this swimming pool is a freaking point for the swimming pool lovers.
It is constructed from acrylic glass of eight inches thick, the pool stretches 10 feet ahead from the edge of the building and bends from the front, forming the barrier of the swimming pool which provides you a clear transparent, uninterrupted view of the city.
While this might be a scaring experience for many to swim above an altitude of 500 feet, a swimming pool can even be found on the 4th floor with no transparent bottom.
9. Infinity Pool
Santorini is a perfect dream holiday location for the couples to spend some glorious time with each other. Located in the south Aegean Sea, Grace Hotel in Santorini has amazing private infinity pools, which are specially known for the picture perfect views of Aegean Sea and the sunshine.
Along with the luxury suite bedrooms and bathrooms, the guest room in the Grace Hotel has a secret tunnel through which you can swim to the right edge of the pool. The water temperature in the pool is maintained at an optimum level all day long, which allows the guests and couples to enjoy their mornings and evenings along with capturing the best shot of the sunrise and sunset.
Along with enjoying in the pool, you can
also enjoy a cocktail or take a light meal at the poolside bar areas, any time
of the day.
8. Transparent Pool
Laucala Island Resort is a perfect tropical hideaway location in the Fiji Islands for your vacation. It is famously known for its deserted beaches, surrounded by volcanic mountains and coconut plantations.
The resort has a stunningly transparent, 25 meter swimming pool with sandy bottom built in a 2000 square meter tropical man-made lagoon, that’s surrounded by tall stands of palm trees. This pool presents a perfect location for you to take some amazing Instagram photos, along with enjoying the luxurious five star suite.
This resort has also been the honeymoon
destination of the Snapchat couples Miranda Kerr and Evan Spiegel. But be sure to loosen up your bills, as
getting to this island requires you to get a private jet, which might cost you
around 15000 US dollars, which is really expensive.
7. Roof-Top Infinity pool
Infinity pools have a daunting experience when you dive in them. But this Sky-Park pool at Marina Sands Resort in Singapore is the masterpiece of all the infinity pools in the world. This unique structural masterpiece, designed by visionary architect Moshe Safdie, spans over the three Marina Bay Sands hotel towers.
This pool is the world’s largest rooftop infinity swimming pool, providing an elegant view of the entire city from the top of the building while you’re enjoying in the pool. The pool is situated 57 levels above, with an extensive 150 meters wide infinity pool, which is built on the world’s largest cantilevered platform which overhangs the north tower by 67 meters.
The SkyPark pool is almost three times the length of an Olympic swimming pool. It comprises of 422,000 pounds of stainless steel and holds around 1.4 million liters of water. SkyPark, along with being the most incredible pool, it has possibly challenged the greatest technological feats in the pool industry. The SkyPark is designed to withhold wind pressures of up to 2.5 kPa and wind speeds of up to 32 m/s.
Skypark pool also consists of three large hydrotherapy spas, a wading pool and a reflecting pool sitting on top of three independent 56-floor hotel towers. So, can you just imagine yourself floating in this incredible rooftop infinity pool, gazing down on the glittering city skyline from 57 levels above?
6. Illusion Pool
Have a look at this pool.
Well, do not worry, these people aren’t drowning inside this pool. This swimming pool is an illusion pool created by an Argentinian artist Leandro Erlich, which is now in permanent exhibition at 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art in Kanazawa, Japan.
This pool allows you to view it from above as well as below, while to the people looking that from above, it seems that people are submersed below 9 feet of water in the pool. This mystical illusion is created by 10cm of water held by two sheets of transparent glass sheets. The refection of the water on the walls below the pool, seems to create the watery reflection which makes the view more realistic and thrilling.
So do not forget to take images of this
amazing illusion pool, which will make your friends to have a second look at
the photo before moving onto the next photo.
5. The Hanging Pool
This amazing Hanging Garden Pool in the misty jungles of Bali, Indonesia is covered by a 360 degree view of quiet and amazing jungle. The pool is one thrilling swim away & allows you to overlook the beautiful valley below.
The Hanging garden is far from the notorious life and has a peace and calm ambiance which makes this pool a perfect place to rest and relax your body and soul. The hanging two tier pool with its infinity edge, makes you feel like you are swimming through the tree tops. The pool is also awarded as one of the most unique pools in the world, for its architectural design and beauty in the year 2015.
This pool is a hidden treasure in the
jungles of Bali, which also faces an ancient Hindu temple along with the
beautiful lush greenery.
4. Exotic Health Pools
Unlike the usual pools in the world, things in Hakone Kowakien Yunessun, Japan is a bit different. It is a large hot spring water amusement park, which is divided into two parts of facilities – Yunessun and Mori-no-yu.
Yunessun in Japan is famous for its different variety of exotic baths available in the park. Amongst the most popular, people can take bath in real coffee, green tea and even in a pool of wine. While you can choose the type of bath on your preference, they all have different effects on your health. The wine bath is believed to rejuvenate and relax your body along with making your skin better and anti-oxidized.
Whereas the coffee bath made from real coffee beans, help you have a better relaxed body and mind. The green tea bath in Japan in believed to improve the blood circulation of the body. The contents in these pools in Yunessun are updated and well managed daily. Besides these you can also take bath in sake, the Japanese alcohol, which is mixed in small amounts in water that is even believed to improve the blood circulation.
The Mori-no-yu facility consists of the Hinoki bath.
Hinoki is a precious Japanese tree. The walls, floors and ceilings of the bath pool are made from the hinoki woods which makes the water in the pool to be filled with the refreshing smell of the hinoki wood. So if provided a chance to you to visit this amazing Japanese water park, which pool would you like to dive in?
3. World’s Deepest Pool
Now this pool is a fear factor for most who are afraid to dive deep into the oceanic water. Nemo 33 is the deepest indoor swimming pool in the world, reaching a level of 113 feet down.
Nemo 33 was built for the novice and learning divers to learn and enjoy the environment. The pool is a non-chlorinated pool, with simulated caves and several other platforms, along with a 33 meter deep cylindrical pit which might move you into a really horrifying situation.
The temperature of the water is maintained at 30 degree Celsius using solar heaters. Nemo 33 also holds the record for the
deepest pool in the world in Guinness Book of World Records
2. The Red Blood Pool
While the water of this swimming pool may look strange and alarming to you, but do not worry as it is not. While the color of the water is actually transparent and as usual, the red color in this extraordinary pool is actually due to the red tiles placed below the pool.
Some visitors also love to call this swimming pool as the red orange swimming pool. Extra lightings and illuminations make the swimming pool and the surroundings even more iconic and amazing. The library hotel has a seductive surrounding of Koh Samui’s Chaweng beach. The Library is built in minimalistic design which has ample of space for the guests to read, roam and enjoy in the elegant red blood water pool.
1. Hillside Infinity Pool
The pool at the Delamore Lodge on Waiheke Island in New Zealand, is a global attraction for the travelers around the globe. This infinity pool is always opened for the guests to enjoy the magnificent views of the Owhanake Bay.
Moulded around the hillside in shape of a Maori fish hook, Delamore Lodge offers supreme cliff-top views along with the most stunning luxury accommodation in the Auckland region. The water in the pool is always heated and temperature controlled, except in the winters from June to September.
Delamore lodge provides a perfect view, with which you can just fall in love along with your partner. This pool is amazingly cool and calm place. It also has onsite Jacuzzi, sauna, spa treatment facility and of course the heated swimming pool. enjoying in these pools, is something that’s really amazing.